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Army Chief Details Plans To Expand ‘Transformation In Contact’ Initiative

Army Chief Details Plans To Expand ‘Transformation In Contact’ Initiative
On September 28, 2023, Chief of Staff of the Army General Randy A. George spoke to U.S. Africa Command Soldiers at Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany. Photo: Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Meaney, U.S. Africa Command

The Army is scaling up its “Transformation in Contact” initiative, which aims to give soldiers innovative technology to inform rapid fielding, with the service’s chief announcing plans Monday to expand the effort to include additional divisions and brigade combat teams. “At the end of [fiscal year] ‘25 every warfighting function – including protection and sustainment - will be part of our transformation efforts,” Gen. Randy George, the Army chief of staff, said during remarks at the Association of the United…

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